US6756082B1 - Thermal barrier coating resistant to sintering - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to the field of thermal barrier coatings (TBC), and more particularly to a thermal barrier coating for very high temperature applications, such as combustion turbine engines.
- TBC thermal barrier coatings
- this invention relates to the field of multi-layer ceramic thermal barrier coatings resistant to sintering damage used for coating superalloy components of a combustion turbine.
- These TBCs are applied by inexpensive processes selected from the group consisting of: ceramic processing techniques, such as sol-gel techniques; vapor deposition techniques, such as chemical vapor deposition; and, preferably, thermal spraying techniques, such as air plasma spraying (APS), where induced vertical gaps in the TBC surface microstructure are prevented from sintering in service, to ensure strain tolerance during use.
- APS air plasma spraying
- T2-98-25, ESCM-283139-00223, Ramesh Subramanian now U.S. Pat. No. 6,294,260, taught air plasma sprayed TBC coatings of 50 micrometer to 350 micrometer thickness, applied to superalloy base substrates, for turbine application.
- the TBC coating had a planar grained microstructure, where an overlay was allowed to infiltrate the TBC bulk, completely or partially fill microcrack volumes generally parallel to the superalloy base substrate, and finally react with the TBC material. This was to provide a sintering inhibitor, as well as a coating with a low thermal conductivity, which is also erosion and corrosion resistant.
- TBC's over about 2 mm, are described as being dense, less than 15% porosity, but where individual planar platelets are microwelded to each other and connected to their sublayers with a fine network of vertical segmentation cracks, rather than being porous, about 20% or greater porosity.
- Coatings deposited by the APS process, with vertical cracks are called segmented TBCs. Formation of vertical cracks in APS coatings are also discussed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,457,948; 5,073,433; 5,743,013 and 5,839,586 (Ruckle et al., Taylor, Taylor et al. and Gray et al., respectively), in European Patent 0 705 912 A2, and also in “Crystalline Growth Within Alumina and Zirconia Coatings with Coating Temperature Control During Spraying,” A. Haddadi et al., Thermal Spray: Practical Solutions for Engineering Problems , C. C. Brendt (Ed.), ASM International, Materials Park Ohio, 1996, pp.
- the APS process basically involves spraying TBC powders, such as stabilized zirconia, after passing them through a plasma gun.
- a method for producing a device operable over a range of temperatures which comprises the steps: providing a substrate; optionally, coating a bond coat layer on the substrate; coating a ceramic layer at least 50 micrometers thick on the bond coat layer or the substrate by a process selected from the group consisting of ceramic processing techniques, vapor deposition techniques and thermal spray techniques, in a manner that provides said ceramic layer with a microstructure characterized by a plurality of vertical and horizontal gaps, where the vertical gaps provide a columnar structure extending from the outer surface to at least about 1 ⁇ 3 of the thickness toward the substrate; and depositing, at least, within the vertical gaps a sintering inhibiting material, where the majority of vertical and horizontal gaps are not closed. If a bond coat is not used, the ceramic layer can be applied directly to the substrate.
- This invention has the potential to extend the operating temperature capabilities and durability of turbine engines beyond the current state of the art, air plasma spray (APS) 8 wt. % yttrium stabilized zirconia TBC. It involves the deposition of ceramic coatings with horizontal and-predominantly-vertical gaps and the infiltration of these predominantly vertical cracks with a sintering inhibitor. Upon operation at high temperatures, where sintering or closing up of the cracks could occur leading to a loss in strain tolerance, the sintering inhibitor is expected to prevent closure of the vertical cracks. This will allow for maintenance of a strain tolerant TBC to higher surface temperatures and/or extended periods of operation and consequently lead to improved performance. This invention provides a cost-effective alternative to the EB-PVD process.
- the EB-PVD process is a very expensive technique compared to air plasma spraying and this is primarily due to the requirement of a vacuum chamber to deposit the coatings and also the longer processing time required for the complete coverage of the turbine components.
- a cost-effective process is air plasma spraying and a microstructure with vertical cracks can be obtained by notifying the deposition parameters to yield segmented TBCs. Similar microstructures may also be processed by other coating techniques such as sol-gel and chemical vapor deposition “CVD” techniques.
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- the selection process for the composition of the base ceramic coating need not be constrained by requirements specific to physical vapor deposition techniques, such as minimum differences in vapor pressure between the constituents of the ceramic composition.
- requirements specific to physical vapor deposition techniques such as minimum differences in vapor pressure between the constituents of the ceramic composition.
- plasma spraying techniques more complex parts can be handled when compared to EB-PVD coatings.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device, such as a turbine blade coated with a thick, air plasma sprayed ceramic thermal barrier layer;
- FIG. 2 which best shows the invention, is a cross-sectional view of a device having a thermal barrier coating in accordance with this invention, where a stable ceramic material is infiltrated onto the vertical and horizontal micro crack gaps resulting from air plasma spraying;
- FIG. 3 is a greatly enlarged view of the surface of the thermal barrier coating.
- a current state-of-the-art thermal barrier coating is yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ).
- the YSZ may be applied in this invention by thermal spray processes such as new and improved air plasma spray APS, inductively coupled plasma processes, high power and high velocity plasma processes, or by vapor deposition processes such as chemical vapor deposition CVD, MOCVD, or by ceramic processing techniques such as sol-gel, all now well known in the art.
- These techniques can provide a predominantly vertical (in relation to the substrate) columnar microstructure at the outside surface of TBCs and also create a series of submicron sized horizontal cracks within the YSZ layer intersecting the columnar microstructure.
- the terms “gap” is meant to include not only the gaps between adjacent columns in a columnar microstructure, but also horizontal cracks resulting from APS or similar processes.
- the amount of vertical and horizontal gaps in the TBC can be accurately controlled by modification of deposition parameters.
- the gaps provide a mechanical flexibility to the ceramic TBC layer. During operation at high temperatures, it is known that these gaps have a tendency to close, and if the device is maintained at the elevated temperature for a sufficient length of time, the adjacent sides of the gaps will bond together by sintering. The bonding of the ceramic material across the gaps reduces the strain compliance of the ceramic coating, thereby contributing to failure of the coating during subsequent thermal transients.
- Turbine blade 10 has a leading edge 13 and an airfoil section 17 , against which hot combustion gases are directed during operation of the turbine, and which is subject to severe thermal stresses, oxidation and corrosion.
- the root end 19 of the blade anchors the blade.
- Cooling passages 21 may be present through the blade to allow cooling air to transfer heat from the blade.
- the blade itself 10 can be made from a high temperature resistant nickel or cobalt based superalloy 12 , shown in FIG. 2, such as, a combination of Ni.Cr.Al.Co.Ta.Mo.W.
- a bond coat 14 could cover the body of the turbine blade 12 , which could then be covered by the thermal barrier coating 16 , all shown in FIG. 2 .
- the barrier layer of this invention, as well as the bond coat (or base coat) and other protective coating can be used on a wide variety of other components of turbines, such as, turbine vanes, turbine transitions, or the like, which may be large and of complex geometry, or upon any substrate made of, for example metal or ceramic, where thermal protection is required.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a portion of a device having a thermal barrier coating, TBC 16 , which is less susceptible to a reduction of strain compliance due to sintering.
- TBC 16 will be at least 50 micrometers thick, to allow superior insulating and protective properties for the underlying substrate.
- the device 10 has a substrate 12 that may be made of a superalloy metal or other material having the desired mechanical and chemical properties.
- the bond coat layer 14 may be integral with the substrate 12 .
- the bond coat layer 14 may typically be an MCrAly layer deposited by an EB-PVD, sputtering or low pressure plasma spray process.
- the M in this formulation may represent iron, nickel or cobalt, or a mixture thereof.
- the bond coat layer 14 may be platinum or platinum aluminide, or there may be no distinct bond coat layer.
- a ceramic layer 16 Disposed on the bond coat layer, or directly on the substrate 12 in the absence of a bond coat layer 14 , is a ceramic layer 16 which serves to thermally insulate the substrate 12 form the hostile environment in which it operates.
- the ceramic layer 16 is preferably formed of a YSZ material, for example 8 weight % yttria stabilized zirconia as is known in the art, or other TBC material, deposited by a new and improved APS process, to form a columnar microstructure characterized by a plurality of gaps 18 between adjacent columns 20 of YSZ or other material.
- An oxide scale 15 is also shown, being formed from the bond layer 14 , and which further protects the substrate from oxidative attack.
- the columns 20 provide a columnar structure extending from the outer surface 23 distance 25 which is at least about 1 ⁇ 3 of the thickness toward the substrate 12 .
- the TBC layer of the device also includes a sintering inhibiting material coating 22 disposed within the predominantly vertical gaps 18 , but not generally bridging across the gaps from one column to the adjacent column.
- This sintering inhibiting material 22 will also coat the generally horizontal gaps 30 .
- sintering resistant material in this application it is meant any material which is more.resistive to sintering than the TBC material 12 .
- the sintering inhibiting material 22 may be a ceramic material that is stable over the range of temperature in which the device 10 is operated, for example ambient air temperature to over 1200° C., and as high as 1500° C.
- stable in this application it is meant that the material does not undergo a crystallographic phase transformation when exposed to the full range of its design operating temperatures.
- U.S. Pat. NO. 5,562,998 discussed previously teaches the application of a bond inhibitor coating over a ceramic thermal barrier coating.
- the bond inhibitor described in that patent is an unstabilized material, such as unstabilized zirconia or unstabilized hafnia. These materials will sinter or bond together during high temperature operation, but upon cooling to lower or ambient temperatures, these materials will cycle through a disruptive tetragonal monoclinic phase transformation. This transformation tends to break the bonds between adjacent columns. While such materials may be effective for aircraft engines that have short thermal cycles, they may be unsuitable for land based power generating engines which have longer operating cycles. During long term exposure to high temperatures, unstabilized zirconia and hafnia will dissolve into the underlying YSZ material.
- the bond inhibitor material of the U.S. Pat No. 5,562,998 is no longer available to undergo a crystallographic transformation within the gaps upon cooling.
- the sintered bonds are not broken, consequently reducing the strain compliance of the ceramic insulating material and leading to premature failure of the component.
- the sintering inhibiting material 22 of the present invention overcomes these deficiencies in the prior art. By infiltrating a sintering inhibiting material 22 into the gaps 18 and 30 and preventing the bonding of adjacent columns 20 , there is no need to rely upon a crystallographic transformation to break the bonds as in the prior art.
- Sintering inhibiting material 22 is preferably an oxide compound which is insoluble with the underlying ceramic layer 16 , and which is stable over the range of temperatures of operation of device 10 .
- One such sintering inhibiting material 22 for use with a ceramic layer 16 of YSZ is aluminum oxide (alumina) Al 2 O 3 .
- An alternative embodiment for the sintering inhibiting material 22 is yttrium aluminum oxide.
- the sintering inhibiting material 22 may be infiltrated into the gaps 18 via a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process.
- the CVD process is used to deposit the sintering resistant material 22 to a thickness on the top surface 23 of the columns 20 of ceramic layer 16 of YSZ is aluminum oxide (alumina) Al 2 O 3 .
- the sintering inhibiting material 22 may be infiltrated into the gaps 18 via a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process.
- the CVD process is used to deposit the sintering resistant material 22 to a thickness on the top surface of the columns 20 of ceramic layer 16 ranging from no more than a few angstroms to several micrometers.
- an alumina layer having a thickness of approximately 5 micrometers on the top surface of the columns 20 of the ceramic layer 16 may be used.
- Alternative embodiments may have a thickness of sintering resistant material on the top surface of the columns 20 of ceramic layer 16 of no more than 0.1 micrometer, or alternatively no more than one micrometer, or alternatively no more than 10 micrometers.
- the thickness of the coating of sintering resistant material 22 within the gaps 18 will be less than but generally proportional to the thickness on the surface of the ceramic layer 16 .
- the thickness should be controlled to prevent the sintering resistant material 22 from bridging across the gaps 18 , such as shown at points 34 thereby degrading the performance of the coating.
- the columns 20 of device 10 will not bond at high temperatures. And because the sintering inhibiting material 22 is not soluble with the underlying material of ceramic layer 16 , it is maintained at the surface of the columns 20 throughout the life of the device 10 , thus maintaining its resistance to sintering.
- the sintering inhibiting material 22 may be applied to the insulating ceramic layer 16 as an intermediate amorphous or unstable phase.
- amorphous alumina is deposited within the gaps 18 by a metal organic CVD process.
- the amorphous coating undergoes a transformation to a crystallographically stable phase, such as alpha Al 2 O 3 . It is alpha phase that is stable at high temperatures and that performs the function of a sintering inhibitor.
- a substrate 12 may, optionally, first be coated with a bond coat 14 , or directly onto the substrate if no bond coat is used, by a known process such as a low pressure plasma spray, high velocity oxygen fuel, shrouded plasma spray or air plasma spray process.
- the ceramic TBC layer 16 is then disposed on the bond coat 14 by known improved APS processes which simultaneously utilizes a plasma to melt the ceramic particles of a carrier gas and to deposit the particles onto the substrate.
- spray parameters such as voltage, current, particle velocity and substrate temperature—can control the function of horizontal and vertical cracks.
- This improved APS process provides a ceramic TBC layer 16 having a plurality of gaps 18 and 30 therewithin.
- the sintering inhibiting material 22 is then applied to the surface of the columns 20 by a vapor deposition technique such as chemical vapor deposition or metal organic CVD, or by one of a number of known infiltration techniques such as sol-gel infiltration.
- the sintering inhibiting material 22 may be applied as a continuous coating within the gaps 18 , either as an amorphous or a stable phase.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an alternative embodiment of a device in accordance with this invention. Like structures are numbered consistently between the two Figures. As seen in FIG. 2, a substrate 12 having an optional bond coat 14 disposed thereon is coated with a ceramic layer 16 .
- the inhibiting material can also be disposed within the gaps 18 as a plurality of nodules which may demonstrate a reduced tendency to form bridges between column 20 due to a lesser contact area between nodules on adjacent columns when compared to a continuous coating of sintering inhibiting material.
- any formation of intermittent bridges between columns 18 can break easily upon regular thermal cycling of device 10 .
- the nodular morphology is achieved by controlling the thickness of the applied coating of material and the subsequent heat treatment. For example, a relatively thin coating of approximately 0.1 micrometer of alumina at the top surface 23 of the ceramic layer 16 will result in a relatively thin continuous layer in the gaps 18 .
- a thicker coating of approximately 1 micrometer of alumina at the surface will provide a thick enough coating within the gaps 18 that even after heat treatment the sintering resistant material 22 to remain as a continuous coating.
- An alternative method of achieving a continuous coating within the gaps 18 is to apply multiple thin layers of the sintering resistant material so that any space is essentially filled with to create a continuous coating 22 .
- the sintering inhibiting material is disposed within only a top portion of gaps 18 and not a bottom portion of gaps 18 .
- the geometry of the gaps 18 and the process for depositing the coating will control this variable.
- the improved APS process will cause the sintering inhibiting material to coat the interior gaps 18 and 30 to a substantial extent, at least ⁇ fraction (1/10) ⁇ the thickness of the thermal barrier layer 16 .
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